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peal

[ peel ]
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noun

verb (used with object)

to sound loudly and sonorously: to peal the bells of a tower.
Obsolete. to assail with loud sounds.

verb (used without object)

to sound forth in a peal; resound.

RELATED WORDS

sound, resounding, crash, ringing, roar, thunder, rumble, reverberation, carillon, tintinnabulation, ring, blast, clamor, clap, bell, crack, toll, resonate, knell, resound

Nearby words

  1. peake,
  2. peaked,
  3. peakedly,
  4. peaker plant,
  5. peaky,
  6. peale,
  7. peale, charles willson,
  8. peamouth,
  9. pean,
  10. peano

Origin of peal

1350–1400; Middle English pele, akin to peal to beat, strike (now dial.)
SYNONYMS FOR peal
4. reverberation, resounding, clangor.
Related formsin·ter·peal, verb (used with object)un·pealed, adjective
Can be confusedpeal peel
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British Dictionary definitions for pealing

peal

1
/ (piːl) /

noun

a loud prolonged usually reverberating sound, as of bells, thunder, or laughter
bell-ringing a series of changes rung in accordance with specific rules, consisting of not fewer than 5000 permutations in a ring of eight bells
(not in technical usage) the set of bells in a belfry

verb

(intr) to sound with a peal or peals
(tr) to give forth loudly and sonorously
(tr) to ring (bells) in peals

Word Origin for peal

C14 pele, variant of apele appeal

peal

2
/ (piːl) /

noun

a dialect name for a grilse or a young sea trout
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Word Origin and History for pealing
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